Chapter 43: Master-Level Fireball Spell

Five days later

In the dead of night, Luo Chen was still busy.

Cleaning the Purple Cloud Copper Furnace, tidying up the alchemy room.

He scooped the ashes from the fire pit into a large bucket and threw it outside the door, where someone would come to collect it the next day. After all, he had paid a monthly fee of one spirit stone for the night soil collection.

The person who collected the night soil would also conveniently take out the trash.

After cleaning everything, Luo Chen took a cold shower in the courtyard while everyone was asleep.

He also brought the potted plants entrusted to him by Fu Xiuxiu back to his room to prevent them from being stolen.

Although most of them were ornamental flowers, there were also first-stage spirit plants, such as Moonlight Grass.

After finishing everything, Luo Chen felt a sense of relief.

Only then did he return to his bed and sit cross-legged.

He took out a jade bottle, poured out a pill the size of a longan.

"This is the last Qi Nourishing Pill."

Luo Chen, with a calm expression, swallowed it in one go, then began to circulate the Eternal Spring Technique, refining it while also absorbing the free-floating spirit energy from the outside.

Half an hour later, Luo Chen slowly opened his eyes.

The slight swelling sensation in his lower abdomen indicated that his cultivation had improved.

He checked his attribute panel.

Name: Luo Chen

Age: 27/75

Spirit Roots: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth

Realm: Qi Condensation Stage 4: 61/100

Cultivation Technique: Perfect Eternal Spring Technique: 490/500

Spells: Master-Level Fireball Spell 630/1000, Perfect Free and Easy Wander 451/500, Proficient Entanglement Spell 278/300, Skilled Cleansing Spell 120/200, Perfect Attraction Spell 310/500, Proficient Spirit Eye Spell 237/300, Beginner Wind Control Technique 56/100

Skills: First-Stage Alchemist: Master-Level Abstinence Pill 790/1000, Proficient All-Wonder Pill 211/300

Achievement Points: 11

Luo Chen stared at the panel, feeling a mix of emotions.

Everything had changed, except for his predetermined lifespan and spirit roots.

Compared to the blank attributes when he first crossed over, he had undergone a tremendous transformation.

First was the change in his cultivation realm. There was nothing much to say about this. The 500 spirit stones he spent on Qi Nourishing Pills, combined with his first-stage spirit meridian and the Perfect Eternal Spring Technique, along with the assistance of Moonlight Grass for the past half month, had increased his progress to 61.

If he had enough Qi Nourishing Pills, breaking through to the Qi Condensation Stage 5 would be just around the corner.

Next was his cultivation technique.

The proficiency level of the Eternal Spring Technique had steadily approached the Master level through persistent effort.

It was just ten more points of proficiency, which would take about three to four days.

Luo Chen was not in a hurry. Although he was eager to know what changes the Master-level Eternal Spring Technique would bring, he was very patient.

He had already endured the toughest times, and a short while was just the loneliness before dawn.

Then came the spells.

In fact, this was the section with the most and the greatest changes.

There were so many changes that he didn't even know where to start.

He knew that after learning from Gu Caiyi how to apply these spells in daily life, his proficiency had skyrocketed.

The Perfect Free and Easy Wander, combined with the recently learned Wind Control Technique, had made Luo Chen's speed far exceed that of flying magical artifacts.

He had compared it with a lotus leaf flying disk yesterday, and it was indeed not as fast as he could run.

As for the others, the Entanglement Spell and Cleansing Spell were just part of his regular training and were useful in daily life, but not so much in combat.

The Spirit Eye Spell had progressed particularly fast over the past half month, probably because he had been using it to monitor his alchemy.

In a short time, it had reached the Proficient level.

The Attraction Spell had progressed even faster, already reaching the Perfect level. He could now skillfully manipulate the set of jade knives.

If he encountered an enemy in the future, he would have another means of combat.

This was indeed a cause for celebration!

The most pleasant surprise for Luo Chen was the Fireball Spell.

From the initial Proficient level to the current Master level, he had invested a great deal of effort in this spell.

The amount of spirit energy he had consumed was countless.

But the final result was worth all the effort.

With a thought,

In a single breath, ten sparks appeared on his palm, like flying fireflies, incredibly beautiful.

This was the qualitative change of the Fireball Spell reaching the Master level.

No more hand seals were needed; only the supply of spirit energy was required. Although the speed did not change much, the quantity had undergone a tremendous transformation.

From the standard one-by-one release, it had become possible to release ten at once.

If he was willing to invest more spirit energy, each of the ten fireballs would have the same power as a single release.

From now on, Luo Chen's mobile artillery strategy had advanced to a new level.

That was, small-area firepower coverage!

Ten fireballs of maximum power, launched simultaneously, would leave the enemy with no place to run or hide.

Luo Chen had already given this move a new name. The Fireball Spell sounded too plain, so he called it "Flying Fireflies"!

With a casual flick, the ten sparks landed on the floor tiles, hissing.

After reviewing the spell section, only the skill section remained.

He was still a first-stage alchemist, and there would be no change until he refined a second-stage pill.

The Abstinence Pill was still at the Master level, and he had been continuously refining this pill to diversify his product range.

The biggest change was the All-Wonder Pill.

He had spent four months from the Beginner level to the Proficient level.

During this period, he had failed hundreds of times, and the cost had reached four to five hundred spirit stones. For a while, he had faced a lack of profit and could only rely on the meager income from the Abstinence Pill to support himself.

At that time, he was really worried about losing money every day.

It wasn't until last month that he barely advanced to the Proficient level.

But everything had changed.

Just like capital, the initial accumulation stage was always the hardest.

But once you had the first pot of gold, the first success, subsequent development would be like a cheat.

Many capitals had skyrocketed to become giants in just a few short years.

Luo Chen was now in such a situation!

After a year of preparation and four months of grinding proficiency, he had taken off this month.

In half a month, he had refined thirty batches, with six successful, yielding a total of sixty All-Wonder Pills.

His proficiency increased by sixty points, and combined with the five successful attempts from the end of last month, his proficiency directly advanced from the Proficient level to the Master level.

Luo Chen hadn't had time to test the effects of the Master-level All-Wonder Pill refining technique.

He only knew that this was the snowball stage, where his skills were getting better, and the spirit stones he earned were increasing. The subsequent grinding of proficiency would only get faster.

The Master level was within reach!

And the surprises didn't end there.

[Achievement Points: 11 (usable for corresponding realm cultivation techniques, spells, or skills)]

Once again, he had accumulated more than ten points, which meant he had another opportunity to improve himself.

Whether it was a cultivation technique, a spell, or a skill!

However, Luo Chen hadn't decided what to do with these eleven achievement points.

Apart from the Healing Spell he hadn't learned yet, he only had an incomplete recipe for the Jade Dew Pill.

The Healing Spell wasn't difficult, and he was confident he could master it on his own in the future.

The Jade Dew Pill recipe wasn't suitable either, as it was a second-stage pill, not corresponding to his current realm, and the main ingredients were already second-stage materials.

That was aimed at Foundation Establishment cultivators and second-stage beasts.

"Save it for now; it will be useful eventually."

"And for the next step, I won't rush to refine pills. I need to accumulate some funds first."

Luo Chen glanced at the empty Qi Nourishing Pill jade bottle, somewhat nostalgic for the rocket-like progression of cultivation through pills.

(End of Chapter)